Jul 23, 2017; Baltimore, MD, USA; Baltimore Orioles pitcher Zach Britton (53) throws a pitch in the ninth inning against the Houston Astros at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Photo Credit: Evan Habeeb-USA TODAY Sports
BALTIMORE — Zach Britton set the American League record for consecutive saves, Adam Jones tied a career-high with four hits and the Baltimore Orioles avoided their first home sweep by the Houston Astros with a 9-7 victory Sunday.
Houston, which has the best record in the American League, lost for just the second time in the past 14 games against the Orioles.
Mychal Givens got the win with a scoreless eighth and Zach Britton picked up his first save since April 14 and sixth of the season, setting the American League record with 55 consecutive saves.
Indians 8, Blue Jays 1
CLEVELAND — Corey Kluber struck out 14 in 7 2/3 innings and Michael Brantley had two hits, including a home run, and three RBIs, as Cleveland completed a three-game sweep of Toronto.
Kluber had a season high for strikeouts and pitches while dominating the Blue Jays’ lineup. Kluber struck out every Toronto hitter at least once. After the first inning, 14 of the 20 outs that Kluber recorded were strikeouts.
Toronto’s only run came on a homer by Kevin Pillar leading off the third inning.
Phillies 6, Brewers 3
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia starter Jerad Eickhoff collected two hits, pitched six solid innings and was helped by a homer from rookie outfielder Nick Williams as Philadelphia beat reeling Milwaukee.
Williams opened the scoring in the fourth inning after Eickhoff and Brewers starter Junior Guerra were dominant early.
After walking Maikel Franco, Guerra left a 1-0 fastball up in the zone that Williams hit the other way to left for his fourth homer in his 19th game in the big leagues.
The Brewers have lost seven of their last eight games.
Athletics 3, Mets 2
NEW YORK — Matt Chapman atoned for a base-running blunder by hitting the tiebreaking solo homer in the seventh inning for Oakland.
Chapman had two hits, including a leadoff double with the Athletics nursing a 2-1 lead in the fifth. He then advanced to third on a wild pitch by Mets right-hander Rafael Montero but was picked off two pitches later by catcher Rene Rivera, a mistake that was magnified when Jaycob Brugman followed with a single.
But Chapman redeemed himself in his next at-bat when he crushed a 2-0 pitch by Montero deep into the left field seats.
Rangers 6, Rays 5
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — For the third day in a row, Texas rallied to erase a two-run deficit and stun the Tampa Bay.
The Rays led 5-3 in the eighth inning, but the Rangers got a two-run home run from Rougned Odor — his second of the game — to tie it, then a solo home run from Carlos Gomez off reliever Brad Boxberger put them ahead.
The Rays entered the series with a 42-4 record when leading after seven innings, but went 0-2 in those situations against Texas, and losing another lead in the sixth inning Saturday.
Reds 6, Marlins 3
CINCINNATI — Scooter Gennett, Eugenio Suarez, and Tucker Barnhart homered and rookie Sal Romano allowed one run over six innings, lifting Cincinnati over Miami.
Romano, making his fourth career start, walked one and had a career-high seven strikeouts.
A.J. Ellis homered and doubled for Miami, which failed to complete its first sweep of the Reds in Cincinnati since 2003.
Royals 5, White Sox 4
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Brandon Moss hit a walk-off RBI double in the ninth as Kansas City edged Chicago.
Moss’ double off Tyler Clippard scored Lorenzo Cain, who was running for Mike Moustakas, who led off the inning with a single.
Kelvin Herrera pitched a spotless ninth to pick up the victory.
